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A Skills Gap Analysis of Farmer Directors of US Farmer Cooperatives

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Boards of directors are vital to firm performance and are an integral part of the decision‐making process of any business. Several studies have been conducted that observe corporate or nonprofit board characteristics, skills, and the board's connection to firm performance.
Jody S. Herchenbach, Brian C. Briggeman, Jason S. Bergtold, Aleksan Shanoyan, Sarah A. Low, Brandi Miller   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health taxes in Indonesia: a review of policy debates on the tobacco, alcoholic beverages and sugar-sweetened beverage taxes in the media

BMJ Global Health, 2023
Abdillah Ahsan, Nadira Amalia, Krisna Puji Rahmayanti, Nadhila Adani, Nur Hadi Wiyono, Althof Endawansa, Maulida Gadis Utami, Adela Miranti Yuniar   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Essays on Demographic Economics

, 2017
This thesis consists of three chapters. In Chapter 1, I explore the effects of educational assortative matching on household income inequality. Income differences across households are larger the more similar are the earnings potentials of breadwinners within the household.
openaire   +2 more sources

The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Transaction Costs Promoting Sustainability Performance in Agri‐Food Supply Chains: Evidence From Ecuador

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
wiley   +1 more source

Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Essays in empirical labor and demographic economics [PDF]

, 2021
Patrick Reich
openalex   +1 more source

The Impacts of Health and Environmental Information Nudges on Meat Choices: Where Does Goat Meat Fit?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amidst a recent surge in US goat meat imports to meet growing demand, this study contributes to the meat demand literature by examining consumer preferences for goat meat, a relatively healthy and environmentally friendly alternative to other popular meats.
Binod Khanal, Sunil P. Dhoubhadel, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr.   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disabled and Unmarried? Marital Chances Among Disabled People in Nineteenth-Century Northern Sweden

Essays in Economic and Business History, 2017
To marry and form a household of one’s own was the expected life course of most people in the nineteenth century, but little is known about whether individuals with disabilities shared the same demographic experience of marriage as non-disabled did. This
Helena Haage, Lotta Vikström, Erling Häggström Lundevaller   +2 more
doaj  

Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang, Edward C. Jaenicke, Martina Vecchi, Sheng‐Jang Sheu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Growth of Omnichannel Grocery Retailing and Food Prices

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of the growth of omnichannel grocery retailing on food prices. We first develop a conceptual model of consumer choice and retailer pricing that allows us to evaluate changes in equilibrium prices, quantities, and profits with online channel growth and alternative pricing strategies.
Xiangwen Kong, Metin Çakır, Qingxiao Li   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source